Department of Justice

WATCH: Justice Department announces new charges against bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The Justice Department has unsealed charges against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Barr to step down before Christmas, Trump tweets

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

President Donald Trump says Attorney General William Barr is resigning.

What a Biden administration could mean for criminal justice reform

By Candice Norwood, Daniel Bush

President-elect Joe Biden will face pressure when he takes office to make swift changes to the Department of Justice.

New rule could allow firing squads, gas for federal executions

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The amended rule, published Friday in the Federal Register, allows the U.S. government to conduct executions by lethal injection or use “any other manner prescribed by the law of the state in which the sentence was imposed.”…

Justice Department appeals judge’s decision in Trump defamation case

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

A judge concluded last month in a written decision that President Donald Trump’s June 19 statements about columnist E. Jean Carroll didn’t constitute an official act of the presidency and were outside the scope of his employment as president.

WATCH: U.S. charges 8 in alleged Chinese surveillance effort

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The Justice Department has charged eight people with working on behalf of the Chinese government in a pressure campaign aimed at coercing a New Jersey man who was wanted by Beijing to return to China to face charges, officials said.

Judge says U.S. can’t replace Trump in columnist’s slander suit

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's request that he be replaced as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.

Justice Department says OxyContin maker will plead guilty to 3 criminal charges

By Michael Balsamo, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Justice Department officials tell The Associated Press that Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion.

Department of Justice announces center to help police, offers aid to Minneapolis

By Steve Karnowski, Amy Forliti, Associated Press

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it has put $3 million toward the creation of a national center that will provide training and assistance to help law enforcement agencies prevent the use of excessive force.

Justice Dept. files landmark antitrust case against Google

By Michael Balsamo, Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its online dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.